For about $7—less than an hour’s minimum wage—McDonald’s will dish up 1080 calories in the form of a Big Mac, some fries, and a soda. … For Every $1 We Spend on Food, We Rack Up $2 in Public-Health and Environmental DamageRead more
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West Virginia Union Workers’ Jobs Outsource
On July 31, one of America’s largest pharmaceutical-manufacturing plants is scheduled to shut its doors. Set on 22 acres in Morgantown, West Virginia, the plant, … West Virginia Union Workers’ Jobs OutsourceRead more
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“COVID Games” Begin in a Fearful Japan as Olympic Committee Prioritizes “Profits Over All Else”
What we’re witnessing right now play out in Tokyo is unparalleled in the political history of the Olympics. And you’re pointing the finger in the … “COVID Games” Begin in a Fearful Japan as Olympic Committee Prioritizes “Profits Over All Else”Read more
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Sub-Saharan Africa Loses $100B A Year
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-jYmEzq3hLc&rel=0&feature=relmfu] Patrick Bond
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$13.5B Trust for California Fire Victims Funnels Funds to Lawyers & Consultants
Climate Profiteering: As wildfires rage in California, we look now at the corporate profiteering off of those who lost their homes and loved ones to … $13.5B Trust for California Fire Victims Funnels Funds to Lawyers & ConsultantsRead more
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In Conversation with Yanis Varoufakis
In this interview, Yanis Varoufakis provides an honest and enlightening account of the shortcomings of today’s politics, the rise of techno- feudalism, and the challenges … In Conversation with Yanis VaroufakisRead more
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How the Coronavirus Bailout Repeats 2008’s Fraud
In 2008, the first of the once-in-a-lifetime economic calamities of most of our lifetimes engulfed the country and the world. Now, just over a decade … How the Coronavirus Bailout Repeats 2008’s FraudRead more
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Could a digital pound mean the end of banking as we know it?
With everything which has been going on in the world recently, from a terrifying heat dome emerging in North America to England making it to … Could a digital pound mean the end of banking as we know it?Read more
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The Evolutionary Concept of Totality
Part 1 David Harvey. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4eSOalxz-H0&rel=0&feature=relmfu] Part 2 David Harvey [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDCxz2Hb6vk&rel=0&feature=relmfu]
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Techno-Feudalism Is Taking Over
This is how capitalism ends: not with a revolutionary bang, but with an evolutionary whimper. Just as it displaced feudalism gradually, surreptitiously, until one day … Techno-Feudalism Is Taking OverRead more